Poth, TX is a small rural town located in Wilson County with a population of approximately 1,500. The local politics in Poth are represented by City Council members and the Mayor who serve to make decisions on the behalf of its citizens. The current City Council consists of five members elected at-large by the citizens of Poth. Additionally, the Mayor is elected for a two year term. As an open government, the meetings are open to public attendance where voters can stay up-to-date on local political issues. In 2019, there was a special election for Mayor that resulted in re-election of the incumbent Mayor. The current Mayor and City Council have worked together to make progress on infrastructure and economic development projects in Poth while also focusing on providing essential services like water, sewerage and garbage collection for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78147 (Poth, TX) is very conservative.
Wilson County, TX is very conservative. In Wilson County, TX 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.8% to 25.4%.
Wilson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78147 (Poth, TX) is very conservative.
Poth, Texas is very conservative.
Wilson County, Texas is very conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Poth, Texas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78147 (Poth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)